the taliban, however, are threatening to kill her if she does survive. this 14-year-old girl stood up to the taliban, she stood up for girls' education in pakistan. schools in pakistan were renamed after her. she's being called a modern day anne frank by former first lady laura bush who wrote in an editorial in "the washington post" this morning, quote: we must speak up before these acts occur, work to insure they do not happen again and keep our courage to continue to resist the ongoing cruelty and barbarism of the taliban. malala refused to look the other way. we owe it to her courage and sacrifice to do the same. >> i know that the president found the news reprehensible and disgusting and tragic. we strongly condemn the shooting of malala. >> reporter: there's been a backlash in pakistan by schoolgirls shorting malala is alive. the world first got to know her when she began writing a blog in 2009 after the taliban shut down and burned down 150 girls' schools in her village 175 miles from the capital, islamabad. quote: i felt hurt on opening my wardrob